1.20.2016

following is a partial illustrator/inkscape rendering of a sukashi
tsuba design, based on existing japanese designs. [i happen to own
edo-era examples of this design, with three and four cranes] if you are
interested in piercing your own tsuba, or would like three cranes in a
circular formation for some other purpose, here it is. Unlike some of
the tsubas I have seen, the cranes here are perfectly organized.
[triangles and lines are there to let me understand the placement of the
components] I left it incomplete but with sufficient detail. you still
need to organize the lines as they merge into each other, compete the
design of kozuka hitsu-ana, nakago hitsu-ana and kogai hitsu-ana and so
on. exercise for the serious designer.copyright, cc attribution, share-alike.